Jarvis Parkinson

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Jarvis Parkinson
Personal information
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1998-08-20) 20 August 1998 (age 26)
Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, medley
ClubChelsea & Westminster
CoachLisa Bates
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Baku 200 m medley
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast 4x100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 Gold Coast 4x200 m freestyle

Jarvis Parkinson (born 20 August 1998) is an English swimmer. He won a silver in individual medley as a junior at the European Games. In his first senior international appearance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he won two silver medals in freestyle relays.

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Early life

Parkinson is from Hatfield Woodhouse in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He was a student at Trinity Academy in Thorne. He was given swimming lesson while young, and when he was eight, he started to swim competitively for Armthorpe Kingfishers. [1] He was a member of Doncaster Dartes Swimming Club before he moved to train at Loughborough National Centre. [2]

Career

In 2015, when he was 16, he took part in the inaugural European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, and won a silver in the 200m individual medley. [3] In 2017, at the British Championships in Sheffield, he broke the English record for his age group in 200m individual medley, winning the event at under 2 minutes. [4]

Parkinson made his first senior appearance in an international competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held at the Gold Coast, Australia. [5] He first won a silver as part of the relay team that won silver in the 4x100m freestyle event. [6] He won a second silver in the 4x200m freestyle. [7]

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References

  1. "Competition success for Jarvis". Trinity Academy. 23 September 2013.
  2. Goodwin, Paul (10 January 2018). "Doncaster swimmer Jarvis Parkinson named in England squad for 2018 Commonwealth Games". Doncaster Free Press.
  3. Corkhill, Barney (25 June 2015). "Interview: Team GB's Jarvis Parkinson "surprised" by "dream" silver medal in Baku". Sports Mole.
  4. "Jarvis Parkinson lowers 200m IM age group record in Sheffield". Swimming.org. 29 July 2017.
  5. "Parkinson to make senior debut on Gold Coast". Swimming.org. 21 March 2018.
  6. "English men win relay silver to close second day on Gold Coast". Swimming.org. 6 April 2018.
  7. "Commonwealth Games: Duncan Scott and Siobhan-Marie O'Connor claim swimming gold > Relay silver for England". BBC Sport. 8 April 2018.